2016 – Page 30

Now in its eighth year, the Fiesta de la Musica sponsored by the French Embassy and the Alliance Francaise in the Dominican Republic will be bringing 42 free music concerts to 16 sites in the Colonial City on 17-18 June 2016 as well as in the city of Santiago. Special guests are French pop funk …

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Artmo and the Baby Ballet School are staging a musical “The Little Prince” based on the classic novel by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupery on 26 June 2016 at the Patrick Hughson Auditorium of the Instituto Cultural Dominico Americano in Santo Domingo. The choreography is by Artmo teachers Maria Emilia Garcia, Yuleidy Perez and Rosa …

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The Chiquito Team Band, winners of the 2016 Salsa Group of the Year award at the Soberano Awards have announced that they will be performing at the Nuryn Sanlley Amphitheater in Parque Iberoamericano in Santo Domingo on 16 July 2016. They will be playing on the eve of their tour of St. Martin, Europe and …

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The Tax Agency (DGII) began a nationwide motorcycle registration program in March 2014. Listin Diario reports, however, that the process only lasted 10 months and was suspended due to lack of funds. Some 131,000 motorcycles were regularized. The DGII has described motorcyclists as “the plague” because most traffic accidents and muggings involve men on motorcycles, …

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With the objective of improving the quality of life for Dominicans, the National Institute of Water and Sewers (INAPA), the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development and the Water and Sanitation Cooperation Fund have presented the National Sanitation Strategy (ENS). The components of the plan are water as a resource, drinking water, residual domestic …

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According to a press release from the Ministry of Public Health environmental health department, more than 70 improvised refuse dumps have been cleared during a cleanup process that the central government is undertaking in the southwestern city of San Cristobal, as reported in Diario Libre. Environmental Health director general Luis Emilio Feliz Roa said that …

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In the last normal session of the month of May, the Dominican Republic Civil Aviation Board (JAC) unanimously approved 993 new charter flights, divided between passengers and freight, as reported in Diario Libre. According to JAC chairman Roger Jover, the large number of new flights every month reflects the high level of international confidence in …

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During a session yesterday, Wednesday 8 June 2016 in which the Chamber of Deputies declared the legislation urgent, deputies approved the bill that changes regulations on firearms, munitions, explosives and other such materials in two consecutive readings. The bill, originally drafted by deputy Victor (Ito) Bisono Haza (PRSC) 10 years ago, had been studied by …

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In a long session yesterday, Wednesday 8 June 2016, deputies passed the changes to the extradition agreement approved by the Attorney General Office with the United States on 12 January 2015. Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito, who has been advocating for its approval this week, says it will give greater effectiveness in the prosecution of …

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The National Police announced on Tuesday, 7 June 2016 that they had detained 280 people for questioning and temporarily impounded 204 motorcycles, all in the National District. This is the work of a new police patrol system in response to a series of crimes caught on CCTV that have been widely shared and discussed on …

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